this had 36 episodes, are they going to torture us by making us see that stupid and irritating king till the end.…
he doesn't die at all in the novel. he has a nearly happy ending in the novel. the author has lost it. like gurl, he's deserves to be buried 6ft deep 💀
i just checked it out. it's a Taiwanese drama, right?! im only watching mainland china ones nowadays. that's why it fell off my radar :/ but thanks for letting me know 😊I love a mystery & romance combo ❤️🔥
in the drama, XD despises himself and only BYL's belief that he is a good person seems to be curing him of his…
No, when the novel’s Xiao duo forced her, he clearly knew she was in pain. BYL went to the palace as the emperor’s concubine when xiao duo planned to elope with her, she didn’t explain it to xiao duo. The emperor threatened her and she couldn’t risk losing xiao duo’s life. Xiao duo thought she accepted everything & decided to be the emperor’s concubine for real. He got triggered when he got to know that byl served the emperor in bed (not true, someone else took her place becuz byl has xiao duo in her heart). He got angry, humiliated her, and forced himself on her. She asks him to stop but he doesn’t listen cuz he wants her to feel the pain. Then, he finds out that she lost her virginity to him. So, he calms down & they get together again. He starts acting sweet like nothing happened. It’s messed up but yea, that’s how the novel progressed.
in the drama, XD despises himself and only BYL's belief that he is a good person seems to be curing him of his…
yea, the author must've lost it. It's a shame, she's a woman herself. agreed, those characters should def stay in the novel. i would never associate the novel & the drama's xiao duo together
According to the media: its a university love story between the FL and ML. The FL met the ML at 18 and fell in love during the university. They studied hard & progressed together but because of the FL's poor economical status, the ML's family refused to accept the FL and their relationship. With her confidence and self-esteem crushed, she returns to her hometown and decided to start a business. The ML follows her there hoping to support her with her plans. Together they work hard and develop a tea business in her hometown and promote the tea industry. The story has a sweet and happy ending.
in the drama, XD despises himself and only BYL's belief that he is a good person seems to be curing him of his…
In the drama, I believe that self hatred is becoz of the blood stains in his hands (killing many people) to climb the ladder and not because he physically assaulted someone. Xiao duo replaced his brother and entered the palace at a very young age as an eunuch and in the novel, there's a part where it says how no woman has ever seen xiao duo's intimate body or gotten this close to him so there's no way the novel/ drama's xiao duo r@ped someone. As for killing innocents, he might have indirectly been responsible for that. It could have been under the stance, survival of the fittest. Both yinlou & xiao duo were their firsts and i was angry at the fact that he forced himself on her (the second time they got intimate). the pain was due to yinlou losing her virginity but that doesn't justify novel xiao duo forcing himself on her.
I look at drama's xiao duo as a better written character by the screenwriter (keeping the viewers & wang hedi's reputation in mind) & not entirely as the novel's xiao duo. Even if its a redemption arc like you said, he would be subjected to repent for his sins & giving a happy ending to a r@pist would send a completely wrong msg since its such a sensitive topic. Hence I'm sure that the drama's xiao duo would never be portrayed like that. The drama is gaining n times more attention than the novel so the crew can't afford to risk and make such a big mistake.
I planned to watch, but I did read comments that complain about many scenes being cut. Were the scenes cut very…
romantic parts like a few kiss scenes were cut. I'm actually enjoying the drama because I can feel their trust, chemistry & bonding even without the kiss scenes. Like another user mentioned here, they have a lot of skinship if you notice.
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its a university love story between the FL and ML. The FL met the ML at 18 and fell in love during the university. They studied hard & progressed together but because of the FL's poor economical status, the ML's family refused to accept the FL and their relationship. With her confidence and self-esteem crushed, she returns to her hometown and decided to start a business. The ML follows her there hoping to support her with her plans. Together they work hard and develop a tea business in her hometown and promote the tea industry. The story has a sweet and happy ending.
I look at drama's xiao duo as a better written character by the screenwriter (keeping the viewers & wang hedi's reputation in mind) & not entirely as the novel's xiao duo. Even if its a redemption arc like you said, he would be subjected to repent for his sins & giving a happy ending to a r@pist would send a completely wrong msg since its such a sensitive topic. Hence I'm sure that the drama's xiao duo would never be portrayed like that. The drama is gaining n times more attention than the novel so the crew can't afford to risk and make such a big mistake.